Abstract
During 1960s, the hospice movement which aims to make a Good Death possible was launched by Saunders. By the next decade, hospice care was expanded to America and Europe and later to Asian and African countries. This entry will address the challenge of whether and how some of the global bioethical principles can be applied to achieve a desirable Good Death for people of diverse sociocultural contexts.
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The author is most grateful to Dr. Peter K.W. Tan for his insightful input during the writing-up phase.
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Mak, M.H.J. (2014). Death: Good Death. In: ten Have, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Bioethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05544-2_132-1
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